{"nrhp_refnum":"83001175","name":"Silberstein Park Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"426, 430, 434 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chico","county":"Butte County","state":"CA","lat":39.727843988000075,"lon":-121.83925588699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-02-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-storey commercial building faced in white terra cotta at 426, 430 and 434 Broadway on the west side of the downtown plaza in Chico, Butte County, California. It was built in 1909-10 for merchant Herman Silberstein and later became the La Grande Hotel.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is the only one in the Chico area with a glazed terra cotta brick exterior, and the only local commercial building of its size that resembles early 1900s urban commercial structures in San Francisco and Oakland. Its floral panels and ornate cornice survive intact. It also reflects Chico's commercial expansion around the plaza and the story of its immigrant owner, who rose from ranch laborer to prominent businessman.","narrative":"Rising three storeys on the west side of Chico's downtown plaza, this 1909 commercial building at 426-434 Broadway is faced in glazed white terra cotta with classical details. Merchant Herman Silberstein, a Polish-born immigrant who began as a laborer on the Bidwell rancho, commissioned it from architect A. J. Bryan. Bernight and Kennedy won the construction contract at $42,592. The ground floor held two stores, with offices above that were converted to the La Grande Hotel by about 1912 or 1913. One storefront served as the Lyric Theatre from 1912 until a 1924 fire, then returned to retail use. Floral terra cotta panels, a name-and-date inscription and a bracketed cornice remain on the facade. It is described as the only terra cotta-clad building of its kind in the Chico area, resembling commercial blocks in San Francisco and Oakland. The Silberstein family owned it until its 1979 sale to a bank.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1909-10)","architect_builder":"A. J. Bryan","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Exterior essentially unchanged since a 1912 photograph apart from the ground-floor theatre space reverted to retail after a 1924 fire. The interior is described as basically sound, and a prospective buyer intends to restore it to office use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.644037-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/83001175.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001175/4dc93a28b1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001175/4dc93a28b1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silberstein_Park_Building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silberstein_Park_Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858450","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silberstein_Park_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7514295"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/butte-county/silberstein-park-building-83001175/"}